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Iain Wright
Labour MP for Hartlepool
- Entered Parliament on 30 September 2004 — Byelection
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Iain Wright voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Education, Home Department, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Departmental NDPBs, Public Expenditure, Railways, Manufacturing Industries: Finance
(based on written questions asked by Iain Wright and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of 9)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
Most recent appearances
- Defence Budget and Transformation (14 May 2012)
“The Secretary of State has mentioned long-term value and a sustainable equipment programme for our vital UK industry, but given the debacle in respect of the Royal Navy fuel tankers, for which not a single British supplier or shipyard was invited to bid for the £500 million contracts, what reassurances can he give on providing real long-term value for the UK defence industry by enhancing...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes), who I know takes a great interest in Hartlepool—largely because he spent most of the 2004 by-election there trying to stop me becoming a Member. In his opening and closing remarks, the right hon. Gentleman mentioned elections both general and local, and I have to tell him that after...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“I use the phrase “getting into bed with the Tories” not because it is of my own making, but after speaking to my constituents and people elsewhere who were thinking about voting Liberal Democrat, who might have fallen out of love with Labour following the 2005 general election and who wanted to consider something else in 2010, but who now feel let down and betrayed. That is the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 221 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.34% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 457 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £15,418 (422nd) | £17,882 (441st) | £18,780 (429th) | £20,493 | £7,116 (591st) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £13,968 (472nd) | £20,221 (230th) | £17,711 (484th) | £18,059 | £13,108 (552nd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £90,622 (435th) | £84,844 (420th) | £84,503 (311th) | £68,325 | £25,956 (658th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | £6,430 (427th) | £644 (585th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,595 (354th)1 | £14,515 (85th)2 | £8,971 (274th)3 | £12,726 | £8,565 (395th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £163 (304th) | £748 (140th) | £299 (277th) | £0 | £0 | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,527 (318th) | £884 (271st) | £5,916 (11th) | £1,745 | £1,553 (164th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,794 (414th) | £19,494 (8th) | £2,606 | £5,149 (135th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,316 (joint 163rd with 2 others) | £1,301 (43rd) | £889 | £55 (654th) | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £136,725 (489th) | £142,848 (382nd) | £156,975 (37th) | £124,843 | £61,502 (658th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,880 (199th). Rail £2,715 (301st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,796 (232nd). Rail £10,719 (33rd).